They also will discuss preparations for the state's first sales tax holiday, for severe weather preparedness items. The tax holiday is July 6-8.

Bentley will be joined by AEMA Director Art Faulkner and other leaders at the 11:45 a.m. news conference at the Home Depot on U.S. 90, according to a new release from the governor's office. They will update the public on how state and local leaders are monitoring the storm and preparing for any effect on the state.

Mobile and Baldwin counties are under tropical storm warnings as Debby slowly moves northward, according to the National Weather Service. It possibly may make landfall Thursday somewhere along the Florida panhandle, forecasters said.